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Economic performance of organic walnut and hazelnut production – Business practice

Vesna Očić orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-6743 ; University in Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb, Zagreb
Matej Rukavina
Kristina Batelja Lodeta orcid.org/0000-0002-8488-3490 ; University in Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb, Zagreb
Branka Šakić Bobić orcid.org/0000-0001-9372-7628 ; University in Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture in Zagreb, Zagreb

Abstract

Organic production has multiple social meaning because it supplies the market and contributes to environmental protection and rural development. The paper analyzes two farms with ecological production of nuts in the Požeško-Slavonska County. The farm producing the nuts was operating with efficiency 1.38, productivity of 231.11 HRK h-1, profitability of 8.97%, with revenue of 20.800 HRK per ha, while its income support accounted for 54% of revenues. The farm producing hazelnuts was operating with economy 1.66, labor productivity of 608.57 HRK h-1, profitability 46.27%, with revenue of 21.300 HRK per ha, while its income support accounted for 34% of revenues.

Keywords

ecological production; economic indicators; hazelnuts; nuts

Hrčak ID:

231063

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/231063

Publication date:

17.11.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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